SweetSouthernLove ASN, BSN

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About SweetSouthernLove

SweetSouthernLove has 3 years experience as a ASN, BSN and specializes in Operating Room.


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  1. SweetSouthernLove

    Facility and Insurance Company

    Hello All, Does anyone work for your or CM for an insurance company and a facility? If so, was there any conflict of interest at either job? Was considering doing this as I currently work for an insurance company and wanted to pick up part-time ...
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    ICU to surgery center

    I come from an OR background, specifically cardiovascular/cardio-thoracic surgery. Outpatient vascular surgery with a salary sounds like a dream to me, but then again, I am a die-hard OR nurse. Outpatient surgery is just that, outpatient. You will ha...
  3. I would say this is appropriate to do as a new nurse until you grasp your own rhythm and time management. Then come in when it is time to clock in. Think of it as accelerated self-study. All nurses are different but we all have licenses to protect. T...
  4. SweetSouthernLove

    Why did you choose Nursing?

    Because becoming a veterinarian is too long in school and too much debt. Little did I know I would be in grad school with 130k+ in student loans. Should have became the vet.
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    OR to ICU? Can It Be Done Safely?

    Hi All, I graduated in December of 2015 from nursing school. Since then I have worked strictly as an operating room/scrub nurse for my entire nursing career. I do still love being an OR nurse but I am wondering if I could even enter a new specialty a...
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    CVOR: How many nurses to an OR?

    I have always had two RNs in my CVORs, which I feel benefits both the surgical staff and patients. I was curious if this is a common occurrence all over especially due to nursing shortages. We staff CVOR with 2 RNs, 2 scrubs, 1 PA/ARNP and this is th...
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    How long was your hospital orientation for a prn ICU position?

    I would really scout and probe hiring recruiters, sometimes if you spend enough time talking with them they can adjust your orientation. I just was hired on as a PRN in the OR with the same problem as you and I got out of the week long orientation co...
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    New RN starting ED Residency in one month. Tips/Advice?

    Pray!.. No I am kidding! But no seriously..Listen to these lovely nurses and have some fun saving those lives! ?
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    Malpractice insurance

    As a regular staff nurse consistently caring for patients in a clinical setting I always carried personal nursing malpractice insurance. It ranges maybe $150-200/year and to me it is worth it. I was previously insured with Mercer Proliability and now...
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    Thinking of quitting my new job.

    First off, bless your heart for even considering to stay. But no, you should not. The fact that your manager tells you that she no longer trusts you and that you probably won't change is a huge red flag for how she is doing her job. The preceptor sho...
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    Med/Surg to OR? Help!

    Personally, I love 5 8's which is what we call it in the OR. The charting is straight forward, the EMAR/orders are straightforward and the best part about your shift is if you have questions your physician/surgical team is right there to clarify. On ...
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    Failed Accelerated BSN program

    Do it. You will be doing something in two years anyways. Focus on balance and time for yourself as well. Most of us have been right where you are as nursing students, nurses or in some other capacity in health care and that is what makes nurses so gr...
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    FNP worth it for aesthetic/plastic surgery field

    It really all depends on what you want to do as an FNP. Do you want to work in the OR with the surgeon or in the clinic seeing these types of patients? As an FNP you will most likely do both and this is what I have seen at my facility. We have one FN...
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    In The Right?

    Good Morning All, As of late I have returned to allnurses to find solace in my specialty of nursing. Currently, I have been trying to adjust to a new job in a new hospital with new coworkers as well as new surgeons. Everything has been going well exc...
  15. SweetSouthernLove

    Walmart cashiers wearing gloves?

    I am personally more concerned with Walmart's blatant lack of ability to air condition their stores properly, especially in my area. To me, every time I walk inside a Walmart I feel like I am in an incubator of germs, waiting for something to start g...